Kendra Melrose joined Brune & Richard in May 2009. Prior to working at Brune & Richard, Ms. Melrose was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP, where she represented individual and corporate clients in federal criminal prosecutions, regulatory investigations, and complex commercial litigation matters.

Ms. Melrose received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a member of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. During law school, Ms. Melrose served as an extern for the Honorable Barbara S. Jones in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She was the recipient of a Barker Fellowship and held a year-long internship with the Humane Society of the United States.

Ms. Melrose graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During college, Ms. Melrose was the recipient of a Bain-Swiggett Prize, a Morris W. Croll Prize, and a Princeton University Junior Award for her writing.